Random Bits

Yesterday had to be one of the randomest days I've had in a long time.

I accompanied my friend Stephen to do a voice-test at a production house just round the corner from my office. I had thought that they were gonna be casting voices for radio ads, or public service announcements - boy, was I wrong.

The casting was for an animated series, and they were looking for voices that sounded Middle-Eastern. For some reason, they thought that I wanted to audition as well, so Stephen and I ended up practicing our best 'character' voices in the lobby of this rather dodgy-looking office/studio before we went in to do the recording.

My audition was over in 3 minutes - apparently I had a good voice quality but lacked character 'meat'. Stephen was in that audio booth for much longer, which I think is a good thing. Chuck, the Teva-wearing director, must've liked what he heard. Tevas are evil.

I don't see a career in character voicing in my future, but it was interesting to have experienced this totally new and uncomfortable little episode. Much as I like clearly demarcated outlines, I'm constantly reminded that random can be good, especially if you have a partner in giggles.

In related random bits, I'm glad these kitties were saved, this story should be developed into a movie-of-the-week, and I don't see porno pizzas catching on in a big way.

Also, how bad was my hangover that I didn't even bother to check out Live Earth?